Frank Faylen

Frank Faylen (born Francis Charles Ruf) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He is best remembered for his movie performances as the cynical male nurse in The Lost Weekend (1945) and Ernie the taxi driver in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), as well as for his portrayal of long-suffering grocer Herbert T. Gillis on the 1950s television sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

Born

Dec 08, 1905

Saint Louis, Missouri, USA

Died

Aug 02, 1985

Known For

Acting

Movies

175 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.4

movie

Known For

Gone with the Wind

1939

as Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

It's a Wonderful Life

1946

as Ernie

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

as Tim

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957

as Sheriff Cotton Wilson

Sergeant York

1941

as But! Boy (uncredited)

Funny Girl

1968

as Keeney

The Lost Weekend

1945

as 'Bim' Nolan

Detective Story

1951

as Det. Gallagher

The Palm Beach Story

1942

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

They Drive by Night

1940

as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

Gone with the Wind

1939 • as Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)

★ 7.9

It's a Wonderful Life

1946 • as Ernie

★ 8.3

The Grapes of Wrath

1940 • as Tim

★ 7.8

Two Years Before the Mast

1946 • as Hansen

★ 6.5

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

1957 • as Sheriff Cotton Wilson

★ 7.0

Sergeant York

1941 • as But! Boy (uncredited)

★ 7.2

Funny Girl

1968 • as Keeney

★ 7.1

The Lost Weekend

1945 • as 'Bim' Nolan

★ 7.6

Detective Story

1951 • as Det. Gallagher

★ 7.0

Blood on the Moon

1948 • as Jake Pindalest

★ 6.2

Fourteen Hours

1951 • as Walter, room service waiter

★ 7.3

The Gang's All Here

1943 • as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 5.9

It's a Wonderful World

1939 • as Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)

★ 6.5

The Palm Beach Story

1942 • as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

★ 7.0

They Drive by Night

1940 • as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

★ 6.9

North to Alaska

1960 • as Arnie (uncredited)

★ 6.5

A Guy Named Joe

1944 • as Major (uncredited)

★ 6.7

Yankee Doodle Dandy

1942 • as Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954 • as Commissioner Haskell

★ 7.1

The Reluctant Dragon

1941 • as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)

★ 6.6

The Pride of the Yankees

1942 • as Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)

★ 7.3

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

1987 • as Self (archive footage)

★ 6.5

The Perils of Pauline

1947 • as Mr. Joe Gurt

★ 6.7

Away All Boats

1956 • as Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran

★ 5.3

Blossoms in the Dust

1941 • as Man with Man Carrying Dead Child

★ 6.6

Blue Skies

1946 • as Mack (uncredited)

★ 6.2

The Sniper

1952 • as Anderson

★ 6.7

The Monkey's Uncle

1965 • as Mr. Dearborne

★ 5.8

My Favorite Spy

1951 • as Newton

★ 6.0

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939 • as Adjutant (uncredited)

★ 7.0

East of the River

1940 • as Tour Guide (uncredited)

★ 6.3

Bullets or Ballots

1936 • as Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Kid Galahad

1937 • as Barney

★ 7.1

Too Hot to Handle

1938 • as Assistant Dubber (uncredited)

★ 6.0

Edison, the Man

1940 • as Galbreath

★ 6.8

Francis

1950 • as Sergeant Chillingbacker

★ 5.8

Marked Woman

1937 • as Cabbie #2 (uncredited)

★ 6.6

No Time for Comedy

1940 • as Cab Driver

★ 5.3

The Blue Dahlia

1946 • as Man Recommending Motel

★ 6.7

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943 • as Sailor (uncredited)

★ 6.2

When the Boys Meet the Girls

1965 • as Phin Gray

★ 4.8

Hangman's Knot

1952 • as Cass Browne

★ 6.6

Across the Pacific

1942 • as Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Somewhere I'll Find You

1942 • as Soldier Driving Jeep

★ 5.7

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

1946 • as Federal Agent

★ 6.5

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942 • as Train Detective (uncredited)

★ 6.2

A-Haunting We Will Go

1942

★ 6.2

Invisible Stripes

1939 • as Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Whispering Smith

1948 • as Whitey Du Sang

★ 6.7

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941 • as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 7.1

Steel Against the Sky

1941 • as Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)

★ 5.4

The Affairs of Susan

1945 • as Brooklyn Boy (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Corvette K-225

1943 • as Shipyard Painter

★ 6.2

7th Cavalry

1956 • as Sgt. Kruger

★ 6.1

To Each His Own

1946 • as Babe

★ 7.0

Come Live with Me

1941 • as Waiter

★ 6.8

The Lusty Men

1952 • as Al Dawson

★ 6.7

Five Came Back

1939 • as Photographer (uncredited)

★ 6.3

Nick Carter, Master Detective

1939 • as Pete Foley - 1st pilot

★ 6.0

Welcome Stranger

1947 • as Bill Walters

★ 6.9

Castle on the Hudson

1940 • as Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Easy Come, Easy Go

1947 • as Boss

★ 7.0

Footsteps in the Dark

1941 • as Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)

★ 7.0

And the Angels Sing

1944 • as Holman

★ 7.3

You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939 • as Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)

★ 5.8

They Won't Forget

1937 • as Reporter

★ 5.9

The Flying Irishman

1939 • as New York Mechanic

★ 5.0

99 River Street

1953 • as Stan Hogan

★ 6.8

City for Conquest

1940 • as Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)

★ 6.9

The Canterville Ghost

1944 • as Lieutenant John Kane

★ 6.9

Dino

1957 • as Frank Mandel

★ 7.4

Everything But the Truth

1956 • as 'Mac' McMillan

★ 8.2

Tough as They Come

1942 • as Collector

★ 9.0

The Trouble with Women

1947 • as Geeger

★ 9.5

See Here, Private Hargrove

1944 • as M.P. (uncredited)

★ 6.5

The Mystery of the 13th Guest

1943 • as Speed Dugan

★ 5.7

Variety Girl

1947 • as Frank Faylen

★ 6.5

The Eagle and the Hawk

1950 • as Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman

★ 5.9

Idiot's Delight

1939 • as Ed

★ 6.1

Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble

1944 • as Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)

★ 6.3

The Well Groomed Bride

1946 • as Cabbie

★ 5.7

The Fighting 69th

1940 • as Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Convicted

1950 • as Convict Ponti

★ 6.2

Bring on the Girls

1945 • as Sailor

★ 6.3

Copper Canyon

1950 • as Mullins

★ 5.7

Wake Island

1942

★ 5.9

Brother Orchid

1940 • as Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)

★ 6.6

Incendiary Blonde

1945 • as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

★ 5.1

Married and in Love

1940 • as Jim Carter, Man in Bar

★ 5.7

Maisie Gets Her Man

1942 • as Stage Manager (Uncredited)

★ 6.7

About Face

1942 • as Bartender Jerry

★ 6.6

Wine, Women and Horses

1937 • as Horse Buyer

★ 5.3

Model Wife

1941 • as Master of Ceremonies

★ 6.5

Women in the Wind

1939 • as Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)

★ 6.8

California

1947 • as Whitey

★ 6.8

Star Spangled Rhythm

1942 • as Soldier (uncredited)

★ 6.2

The Lone Gun

1954 • as Fairweather

★ 5.6

The Go-Getter

1937 • as Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)

★ 6.2

The Falcon Strikes Back

1943 • as Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)

★ 5.7

Slightly Dangerous

1943 • as Gateman (uncredited)

★ 6.0

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

1937 • as Charlie Downs

★ 7.2

No Time to Marry

1938 • as Waxler

★ 7.0

No Place to Go

1939 • as Pete Shaffer

★ 8.0

The Looters

1955 • as Stan Leppich

★ 6.1

Night Waitress

1936 • as Policeman at Torre's

★ 6.4

You Came Along

1945 • as Bellboy (uncredited)

★ 7.3

Headin' East

1937 • as Joe

★ 10.0

Road Gang

1936 • as Radio Dispatcher (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Let's Go Collegiate

1941 • as Speed Dorman

★ 5.4

Mission to Moscow

1943 • as Reporter (uncredited)

★ 5.7

Suddenly It's Spring

1947 • as Harold Michaels

★ 4.2

Cross My Heart

1946 • as Fingerprint Expert

★ 9.0

Address Unknown

1944 • as Jimmie Blake

★ 6.4

The Nevadan

1950 • as Jeff

★ 5.9

Road to Rio

1947 • as Trigger

★ 6.8

Joe Smith, American

1942 • as Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)

★ 6.5

The Unknown Guest

1943 • as Truck Driver (uncredited)

★ 7.0

Race Street

1948 • as Phil Dickson

★ 6.0

Fluffy

1965 • as Catfish

★ 7.0

Hazard

1948 • as Oscar

★ 8.0

San Quentin

1937 • as Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)

★ 6.7

Fall In

1942 • as Capt. Gillis

★ 6.5

Thunder Afloat

1939 • as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)

★ 6.1

China Clipper

1936 • as Weatherman (uncredited)

★ 5.8

The Invisible Menace

1938 • as Private of the Guard

★ 4.3

Masquerade in Mexico

1945 • as Brooklyn (uncredited)

★ 6.0

Three Brave Men

1956 • as Enos Warren

★ 6.3

Ever Since Eve

1937 • as Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)

★ 5.8

Thieves Fall Out

1941 • as Pick

★ 6.0

Lucky Night

1939 • as Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)

★ 6.8

Just a Cute Kid

1940 • as Benny

★ 7.0

The McConnell Story

1955 • as Sfc. Sykes

★ 6.8

Red Garters

1954 • as Billy Buckett

★ 5.0

The Sky Parade

1936 • as Pilot (uncredited)

★ 8.0

Blame It on Love

1940 • as Studio Electrician

★ 4.8

That Certain Woman

1937 • as Reporter (uncredited)

★ 5.6

Midnight Court

1937 • as Reporter

★ 5.1

Young Ideas

1943 • as Reporter (uncredited)

★ 5.3

Whispering Ghosts

1942 • as Curly

★ 6.8

Taxi, Mister

1943 • as Henchman Silk

★ 4.2

Prairie Chickens

1943 • as Clem

★ 8.0

Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?

1977 • as Herbert T. Gillis

★ 10.0

Dixie Dugan

1943 • as Soldier (uncredited)

★ 6.5

King of Hockey

1936 • as Swede

★ 5.4

Nazty Nuisance

1943 • as Seaman Benson

★ 4.1

Romance in the Air

1936 • as Sure-Fire

★ 10.0

Twelve Crowded Hours

1939 • as Henchman (uncredited)

★ 5.7

Standing Room Only

1944 • as Cabbie

★ 5.7

Mokey

1942 • as Police Desk Sergeant

★ 6.7

Yanks Ahoy

1943 • as Quartermaster Jenkins

★ 6.6

Back in Circulation

1937 • as James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6.5

Saturday's Children

1940 • as Cab Driver (uncredited)

★ 6.9

Smart Blonde

1937 • as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

★ 6.4

La Conga Nights

1940 • as Jeepers Peepers

★ 7.7

Passage West

1951 • as Curly

★ 6.6

Terror at Midnight

1956 • as Fred Hill

★ 5.2

Reno

1939 • as J. Hezmer Briggs

★ 6.7

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Bombalera

1945 • as Houlihan

Curtain Call

1940 • as Spike Malone

★ 7.3

Tanks a Million

1941 • as Pvt. Skivic

★ 5.8

Alice in Movieland

1940 • as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

★ 6.4

Dance Charlie Dance

1937 • as Ted Parks

★ 8.0

All American Chump

1936 • as Reporter (uncredited)

★ 6.2

Pop Always Pays

1940 • as Minerva Auto Loan Cashier

★ 6.7

Top Sergeant Mulligan

1941 • as Pat Dolan

★ 6.5

Double Exposure

1935 • as Press Photographer (uncredited)

★ 7.4

Good Morning, Judge

1943 • as Ben Pollard

★ 10.0

Get Going

1943 • as Hank

★ 7.0

Border Flight

1936 • as Jimmie

★ 6.5

The Cherokee Strip

1937 • as Joe Brady

★ 6.5

Waterfront

1939 • as Skids Riley

★ 6.5

Silver Skates

1943 • as Eddie

★ 6.3

Slapsie Maxie's

1939 • as Tiger Dorsey

★ 6.0

Father Steps Out

1941 • as Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam

★ 6.5

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Crime Rave

1939

★ 9.0